My 16 month old has the stomach flu for the first time. Vomiting, diarhea, fever, the whole bit. The only thing she can keep down is breast milk. My dh had been hinting about weaning her. But not today! LOL He kept saying, "you should nurse her again." He calls from work "Are you nursing her often?"

My mom called and kept telling me to give her gatorade. She said it was important to keep nutrients in her. Like my bm doesn't have everything she needs! She gets nutrients, liquids, and cuddling all at once. What could be more perfect!

We're sick over here too. My 3yo DD, DH, and myself are all sick with something...feels fluish to me! I've been nursing 13 month-old DS all day to try and prevent him from getting it. We'll see! I'm definitely glad he's still nursing.
DD is getting homemade pedialyte and gingerroot tea. She's not a big fan.

OMGsh My situation at 3 months old was the exact same. My mom said the same thing. UMMMMM. NO I will feed my baby BM thanks. Works like a charm. It is funny how they can even keep water down, but they can keep BM down. HUmmm must be something good hun? Good job Mamma!

Don't you love it when you can prove to DH that you're doing things right??
I'm glad you're still nursing too- and I know Camille is b/c you don't have to worry about her getting fluids and nutrients. There's a reason babies don't self-wean until they're older!
Hugs!! Hope she's better soon!!

UPDATE: Bleh. It's been three days now. Camille still won't eat anything but breastmilk. I did get some juice and water into her this morning. She won't drink Pedialyte, not even the popsicles. Dh and I both have it today.

We did take Camille to the doctor this morning. He said that if I'm sick, my milk production may dip. He advised to YES give Camille Gatorade if she won't drink pedialyte. He said it's too low in salt and too high in sugar, but it does have the electrolytes she needs and that it's better than water or juice. (Pedialyte is high in salt and low in sugar.) So apparently my mom's old advice isn't so far out.

When my older dd was about 20 months old, she got the stomach flu. She was still nursing, but I was in my first trimester with dd #2 and my milk supply had already dried up. Well, she got so sick and so dehydrated we ended up taking her to the ER for an IV twice because she would not put anything in her mouth besides a breast, and it was dry. It was screwing up her electrolyte balance, which made the diarrhea continue, which made the dehydration worse. I was a vivious circle. The whole thing lasted a week and she ended up losing 6 lbs, which at the time was about 20% of her body weight. You could see her ribs and her hips through her back. It was by far the scariest thing I've ever experienced as a mother. I thought I was losing her. BM really is better than gatorade or pedialyte because it is the most easily absorbed fluid she can have. Its better than water even. So make sure that YOU are drinking extra water and gatorade, and just keep her nursing as long as you both can stand it. Dehydration is very scary, and it sets in SO fast with babies this little. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep on top of it!